Sex Facts: Myths And Truths Everyone Needs To Know About

There are many misconceptions and myths about sex that are being spread around. It is important for couples to distinguish sex facts from sex myths in order to have a better and more satisfying time together in bed.

WebMD shared some of these facts and fictions about sex. Hopefully, these details can be of help to every couple especially to those who are having difficulties getting pleasure from sex.

First sex truth: Size does not matter, at least to most couples. Marriage counsellor Seth Prosterman says that although some women prefer a bigger penis, most women say that the size does not matter at all. The average length for an erect penis is five to six inches while a flaccid penis is usually three inches in length.

One sex myth that many people believe is that the penis is the main way to pleasure a woman, according to sex counsellor Ian Kerner, PhD. Kerner points outs that women achieve orgasm only 25 percent of the time during sexual intercourse while oral sex provides orgasm 81 percent of the time.

The next sex myth on the list is that G-spot stimulation achieves orgasm better than clitoris stimulation. The truth is, the existence of the G-spot inside a woman's vagina is still being debated by experts. Clinical professor of urology at the University of California at San Francisco Ira Sharlip does not believe that the G-spot exists. "As urologists, we operate in that area [where the G-spot should be] and there just isn't anything there -- there's no anatomical structure that's there."

One of the most important sex facts discussed is about premature ejaculation. The big question is how to know if a person has premature ejaculation. Kerner says that inability to last for more than two minutes is premature ejaculation and there are even some men who ejaculate after a few seconds of foreplay or immediately after penetrating the vagina. Everyday Health advises men to practice deep breathing, the stop-and-start method and the squeeze method (squeeze the base of the penis at the brink of orgasm) in order to stop premature ejaculation.